Culinary And Hospitality

Homework has never tasted so good!

Programs in the Culinary and Hospitality Industry introduce students to the skills needed to manage a hotel, prepare a restaurant menu, and provide excellent customer service. The programs in this cluster offer students opportunities to:

Learn professional cooking and baking techniques

Practice purchasing and managing inventory

Master basic kitchen and hotel management

Pathways

The Culinary Arts program is a great fit for students who want to learn to cook, understand management, or want to own their own restaurant.

During the three years students are enrolled in the Culinary Arts program, they gain practical culinary skills that increase in complexity through the program. The program begins with an orientation-level course introducing students to topics such as food safety, sanitation, knife skills, basic nutrition, appetizers, sandwiches, baking, and menu planning. After mastering the basics, the next two years of the program focus on advanced-level food preparation which includes cooking vegetables, meats, poultry, seafood, pasta and grains; creating sauces and dressings; baking; and making soup.

While mastering culinary techniques, students also learn entrepreneurial concepts, explore college and career options, and participate in work-based learning experiences (for example job shadows or internships).

In this program you will explore the business side of the service industry. As a student in the Hospitality Management program, you will study topics including sales management, marketing, personnel management and hospitality fundamentals. You will learn to process payments, handle emergencies, anticipate needs and organize large quantities of information and materials.

Hospitality management includes so much more than being polite and setting tables. Although it is important to have a great attitude and hospitality skills to succeed in this industry, this program focuses on more than just the tactile skills you will need. In this program you will explore the business side of the service industry. As a student in the Hospitality Management program, you will study topics including sales management, marketing, personnel management and hospitality fundamentals. You will learn to process payments, handle emergencies, anticipate needs and organize large quantities of information and materials. Since work experience and on-the-job learning are a vital component to being successful in the hospitality industry, you will practice skills in the simulated hotel classroom and through work experiences such as internships.